Engineering

CHROMIUM REMOVAL FROM CHELTECH (ZARIA) TANNERY EFFLUENT AS A FORM OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT

ABSTRACTChrome is an indispensable input in chemical tanning of pelt. For mass transfer reasons, not more than 80% of the chrome feed is absorbed by the leather leaving a balance of over 20% in the effluent. This leads to material loss if disposed untreated. In addition, the attendant possible ox...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 9562 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AN EXISTING FATLIQUOR PILOT PLANT

ABSTRACTExperimental and theoretical investigations were conducted on an existing sulphation pilot plant facility for production of leather lubricant, sulphated oil popularly known as fatliquor. This was carefully and critically done to evaluate the performance of the plant in respect of attainin...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 8212 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INFLUENCE OF FINES CONTENT ON WATER AND CHEMICAL FLOWS THROUGH COMPACTED LATERITIC SOIL LINERS

ABSTRACTCompacted clay liners are an integral component of the lining systems for covering or capping new or old landfills or waste impoundments. As the use of laterites that is widespread in the tropics, for waste contaminant has not been quite documented, this study was aimed at assessing the i...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 8587 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF NEEM (AZADIRACHTA INDICA), TIGER NUT (CYPERUS ESCULENTUS) AND FALSE WALNUT (CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII) OILS AS METAL WORKING LUBRICANTS

ABSTRACTPerformance evaluation of neem, tiger nut and false walnut oils with respect to their effectiveness in friction reduction in cold mild steel drawing and cold aluminum rolling operations have been carried out in this research work. While a 500 kN Denison machine was improvised for use in l...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 11357 words | 📚 5 chapters

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT HONEYCOMB GEOMETRIES FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN FLAT PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS

ABSTRACTThe performance of different honeycomb geometries have been compared experimentally in four identical solar water heaters equipped with circular, square and rectangular cell honeycomb structures while the fourth solar water heater was without honeycomb. The collector with circular, square...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 8041 words | 📚 5 chapters

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UP-GRADING OF AGBADO-OKUDU IRON ORE USING MAGNETIC SEPARATION AND SHAKING TABLE TECHNIQUES

ABSTRACTThe beneficiation of the Agbado Okudu iron ore deposit located in Kogi State, Nigeria was investigated. The investigation involved determining the chemical composition and mineralogical characteristics of the run-of-mine. Followed by determination of the work index of the ore and then sep...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 11469 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ILLUMINATION DESIGN AND SIMULATION FOR OUTDOOR SPORTING ARENAS

ABSTRACTWidespread demand for sporting activities in the night has led to the integration of lighting design in the development of sporting arenas due mainly to lower temperatures at night, increase in demand for sporting facilities and leisure considerations. Illumination of sporting arenas is e...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 7910 words | 📚 5 chapters

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TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OF A MOBILE SWITCHING CENTRE

A CASE STUDY OF Celtel Plc LAGOS

ABSTRACTThe efficient task of network management which ensure proper monitoring and controlling of certain network parameters to enable performance evaluation is a primary concern of the services providers in global system of mobile telecommunication. A sampled of Celtel network traffic data in L...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 6653 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SINTERING CHARACTERISTICS OF ITAKPE AND AGBAJA IRON ORE CONCENTRATES BLENDS

ABSTRACTThis research investigated the sintering characteristics of sinter blends produced from Agbaja iron ore concentrate of high phosphorus (P2O5 = 1.50 - 2.14%) and low silica content and Itakpe iron ore concentrate of low phosphorus (P = 0.03%) and high silica in order to produce fluxed sint...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 12032 words | 📚 5 chapters

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QUICK RESPONSE TRAVEL DEMAND MODELLING

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA

ABSTRACTInternal Volume Forecasting Technique is one of the several methods of Quick Response Travel Demand technique. This thesis reviewed the various techniques used in travel demand modelling and demonstrated the application of the Internal Volume Forecasting technique towards deriving a trave...

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📄 96 pages | 🧠 8408 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INFLUENCE OF COMPRESSION RATIO ON THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SPARK IGNITION ENGINE

ABSTRACTThe need to improve the performance characteristics of the gasoline engine has necessitated the present research. Increasing the compression ratio below detonating values to improve on the performance is an option. The compression ratio is a factor that influences the performance characte...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 9857 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF THREE NIGERIAN FIBRE SOURCES FOR PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTION

ABSTRACTThis investigation was carried out in an effort to search for raw materials to replace the presently imported long fibre pulp for the production of pulp and paper in Nigeria. Three fibre sources namely;silk cotton tree,bagasse and rice straw were investigated. Maceration process of pulpin...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 7363 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF WATER ADVANCE MODELS FOR FURROW IRRIGATION SYSTEM

ABSTRACTThe problems of on-farm water management and irrigation system design parameters which are often chosen with limited or no analysis of a unique local condition leads to the poor performance of most irrigation systems today. In this study, three furrow irrigation water advance models, refe...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 9292 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF RC CONTINUOUS BEAM DESIGNED TO BS 8110 (1985) CRITERIA

ABSTRACTThe provision of a safe structural system is an object of structural design. Therefore the way safety is prescribed in design is concern for Engineers. It is generally agreed in codified designs that decisions are made under uncertainties and as such safety consideration is best done in a...

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📄 88 pages | 🧠 10543 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION OF PAVEMENT OVERLAY DESIGN STRATEGIES

A CASE STUDY OF BAUCHI – JOS ROAD

ABSTRACTPavement deterioration is revealed through many indications, among which is roughness of its surface which is a collective consequence of the various deterioration factors of the pavement. The economic impact of road deterioration is considerable, and usually outweighs the consideration o...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 10466 words | 📚 5 chapters

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